Cash tray



Patented July 28, 1925.

UNITED STATES HAROLD .W. corn, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

cAsH TRAY.

Application fiIe dSeptember 18, 1924. Serial No. 738,414;

To all whom it may concern I I Be it knownthat Hanono WV. Gorr, a citizen of the United States, residing .at New York, in tzlie county ofNew York and State of New York, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Trays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tray or plate particularly adapted for use as a cash tray.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a tray of the above mentioned character and one adapted to display an advertisement when I a coin is deposited therein, or when a persons hand touchesit in withdrawing-change therefrom.

In accordance-with the present invention, the shortcomings of :cash trays of the .prior art are obviated by the provision of .a .self contained and simple device in which purely mechanical means are employed for displaying a normally concealed advertisement. The operation of the device does not depend on an outside source of power, the device may be of the same size and shape as customary cash trays.

In accordance with one of the objects of the present invention, an advertising sign normaly at rest and preferably, though not necessarily below the surface of the tray, is, upon the application of weight to the tray, suddenly set into motion, e. g., by being pushed above the tray. The moving of an advertising sign or figurine is more likely to attract attention than the sudden illumination of a static sign in an artificially or view of a cash tray embodying the various features of the present invention; Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged sectional side views of the tray with the advertising sign in concealed and displayed conditions, respectively; and Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the cash tray.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 is a boxlike structure open on its lower side and having in its top a depression 2 serving as.

a coin-return tray. An advertisingsign 3, provided on a sheet of metal or other suit able material is-normally concealed from view within the box 1. The sign 3 is in alignment with a. slot le-provided in the top of the box 1 and its upper end projects beyond the top of the box and is bent back at right angles. This bent-back portion is illus trated at 5 and may bear anysuitable inscription. The lower iorfreeend of the sign .3 is pivotally supported at or [near the free end of a'lever 6.. 1 In the present case, the lever 16 is in the form of an oblong-plate,

one end of'which is provided with slots ;9 and 10 through which the ears '7 and 8., projecting from sign 3 may be bent back to hold the sign in place and still perm-it it a slight rocking motion. The other end -.of the lever is provided with two fingers 11 and 12 projecting through the side walls of-the box 1' and bent down "against the box.

These will hold the lever 16 :in position I and still allowa'sli-ght rotary'movement, Near its imie-r end {the lever 6 is recessed, as shown at 113, and over this recessed portion is hung the bent back portion apex 14 of a substantially triangular lever .15.. The lever 15 is attached at its base tat-h rear side of box lby meansof ears 16 and 17 projecting therethrough. The cars are bent down parallel with the side walls of the box 1 and extend slightly below the edge of the side wall. Near the end 14- the lever 15 is provided with a hump or projection 18 which also extends below the side Walls of the box 1 and is substantially in the same plane as the ends of the ears 16 and 17.

The operation of the device will be obvious from the above. When a coin is deposited on the box in the tray 2, or when a person touches the tray in withdrawing the change, then the box is depressed until the forward end 20 touches the top 21 of the counter. Normally, the projection 18 holds the end 20 of the box 1 ata slight distance from the counter, as shown in Fig. 2. In its actuated position (Fig. 3), the lever 15 pushes the lever 6 upwards and the latter, rotating around its pivot points 11 and12,

causes the displaying of the advertisement 3.- WVhen the weight is removed from the tray, the advertisement again disapp-ears, being moved down by gravity.

It will. be obvious to those skilled in the art that the various details of the present structure may be modified without departing from the spirit of the invention defined in the claims, The manner in which the levers 6 and 15 are interconnected is, to a certain extent, arbitrary, and depends on sign may, of course, be caused to appear and disappearor perform any other move ment to attract attention.

What I claim is: V

1. In combination, a cash tray, an advertising sign normally concealed from sight by the surface of said tray, and mechanism responsive to Weight applied to said tray for lifting said sign into view above the surface of said tray.

2. In combination, a cash tray, an advertising sign normally concealed from sight by said tray, and a lever for displaying said sign upon the application of Weight to said tray. 7

3. In combination, a box open on one side, the top of said box serving :as a cash tray, a slot in the top of said box, an adver tising sign Within said box and in alignment With said slot, a lever carrying said sign, and means responsive to the application of weight to said tray for operating said lever to lift said sign through saidtray.

4:. In combination, a box open on one side, the top of said box serving as a cash tray, a slot in the top of said box, an advertising sign Within said box and in alignment with said slot, a lever having one end movably attached to a side Wall of said box'and carrying at its other end said sign, a secmenace 0nd lever having one end movably attached to an opposite Wall of said box and the other end to said first mentioned lever intermediate the ends thereof, and a projection on said second lever on Which the box normally rests.

5. In combination, a box open on one side, the top ofsaid box serving as a cash tray and provided With a slot, an advertising sign Within said box, the end of said sign projecting through said slot and being bent back in alignment With the top of the box, a lever having one end rotatably attached to .a side Wall of said box and rotatably supporting at its other end said sign, a substantially triangular lever movably attached at its apex to said first mentioned lever intermediate the ends thereof, two ears projecting from the base of said triangular lever through apertures in the opposite side Wall of said box and bent down parallel With the side Wall and beyond the edge thereof, and a projection on said triangular lever near its apex in substantially one plane With the ends of said ears and serving therewith as a rest for the box.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, this 17th day of September, 1924.

HAROLD W, GOFF. 

